Growing & Using Lavender: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-155 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) - Softcover

Barrett, Patricia R.

 
9780882664750: Growing & Using Lavender: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-155 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin)

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Discover timeless crafts and recipes for using this classic garden herb, plus helpful advice for growing your own.

Lavender is a favorite plant among gardeners and herbalists, known for its calming scent, lovely color, and variety of uses when harvested.

In Growing & Using Lavender, you’ll find:
  • Information about growing 20 different types of lavender, including hardy and tender varieties
  • Advice for planting, pruning, maintaining, harvesting, and drying your crop
  • Medicinal uses, recipes for cooking and baking with lavender, and craft ideas—from baking a batch of lavender cookies to making a homemade lavender-scented candle.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Author Patti Barrett is stress-free as she gardens and cleans at home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Her dwelling encounters much traffic--she lives with her husband, two daughters, one dog and four cats--and yet she keeps realistic standards and practices her own easy tips found in Too Busy to Clean? She effectively devotes minimal time and effort to the maintanence of her house. Patti is also a freelance writer and enjoys gardening.

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Since the 1973 publication of Storey's first Country Wisdom Bulletin, our commitment to preserving the arts, crafts, and skills of country life has never wavered. We now have more than 200 titles in this series of 32-page publications, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. From traditional skills to the newest techniques, Storey's Bulletins provide a foundation of earth-friendly information for the way you want to live today.

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